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These could be due to users\u2019 individual differences, which have rarely been systematically studied regarding their inhibiting or enabling effect on the fulfillment of explanation objectives (such as trust, understanding, or workload). This paper aims to shed light on the significance of human dimensions (gender, age, trust disposition, need for cognition, affinity for technology, self-efficacy, attitudes, and mind attribution) as well as their interplay with different explanation modes (no, simple, or complex explanation). Participants played the game Deal or No Deal while interacting with an AI-based agent. The agent gave advice to the participants on whether they should accept or reject the deals offered to them. As expected, giving an explanation had a positive influence on the explanation objectives. However, the users\u2019 individual characteristics particularly reinforced the fulfillment of the objectives. The strongest predictor of objective fulfillment was the degree of attribution of human characteristics. The more human characteristics were attributed, the more trust was placed in the agent, advice was more likely to be accepted and understood, and important needs were satisfied during the interaction. Thus, the current work contributes to a better understanding of the design of explanations of an AI-based agent system that takes into account individual characteristics and meets the demand for both explainable and human-centered agent systems.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/mti6120106","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,28]],"date-time":"2022-11-28T04:31:16Z","timestamp":1669609876000},"page":"106","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Inhibitors and Enablers to Explainable AI Success: A Systematic Examination of Explanation Complexity and Individual Characteristics"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"6","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3052-7172","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carolin","family":"Wienrich","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Psychology of Intelligent Interactive Systems, University of W\u00fcrzburg, 97070 W\u00fcrzburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2206-2715","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Astrid","family":"Carolus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Media Psychology, University of W\u00fcrzburg, 97070 W\u00fcrzburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Roth-Isigkeit","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Social Implications of Artificial Intelligence, University of W\u00fcrzburg, 97070 W\u00fcrzburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0483-5772","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andreas","family":"Hotho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Data Science, University of W\u00fcrzburg, 97070 W\u00fcrzburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"277","DOI":"10.1006\/obhd.1997.2688","article-title":"The impact of probability and magnitude of outcome on disappointment and elation","volume":"69","year":"1997","journal-title":"Organ. 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